Sibling rivalry happens in every family, not matter how many there are of you. It happens because of birth order or if a parent spends more time with one child then they do another. Most children of the same family will have differences in there personality, that will also bring on the fighting between siblings, not all of us are alike.
All brothers and sisters will fight, there’s no getting around it but there are ways of making it better, just make sure that you set a time for each child, make each of them feel important in the own way. if one child likes movies and the other likes horseback riding those would be the activities that you do with each child, then one day do one activity all together as a family. Some families are lucky enough that none of there kids fight and there the best of friends, well thats not everyone’s family.
If you start early and teach the kids that there is not reason to fight, there probably going to still fight. Younger siblings feel that the old sibling gets more than they do, and vice versa, starting out with the older sibling while your pregnant with the baby. Make them feel important, which showing them pictures and telling them they will be a “Big” brother or sister, this will make them want to be the best they can be. There might be a good chance that you won’t even have to deal with sibling rivalry if you nip it in the bud early.
